Service Projects – Do One Thing

What one thing do you want to change in the world today?

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You can make a difference. Join like minded people to take action. If you have an idea and don’t see it here, email the Social Action Council, socialaction@fusn.org and let’s try to make it happen! Email connecting to all projects: socialaction@fusn.org.

Sign up one Saturday (out of 10 per year) to sort food donations at a beautiful, modern facility in Boston which supplies New England soup kitchens and food banks. See http://www.gbfb.org Contact: Eric Haas.

Serve Lunch at Women’s Lunch Place

Join a group of FUSNites to cook and serve homeless women at Newbury Street church once a month. http://womenslunchplace.org Contact: Eileen Kurkoski.

Project Zambia

Make a donation to support food and education for AIDS orphans in a community in Zambia. Find out about FUSN’s annual summer trip to Zambia (16 and older). Help with the March Youth Coffeehouse, which supplies funds. http://www.communitieswithoutborders.org. Contact: Dick Bail.

Give

(November – December)

UU Urban Ministry Explorers Club: Gifts to Low Income Kids

Buy Christmas gifts for low income city youth through the Secret Santa program.http://www.uuum.org, Contact Judy Friedman.

Purchase and donate Christmas items from a list of toiletries, etc., to be given to one of the 1,700 inmates in Concord prisons, many of whom receive no other gifts. http://www.concordprisonoutreach.org/programs/holiday-gift-bag-program/ Contact: Mary Lou McArdle.

Advocate

UU Mass Action Advocacy Day at the State House

On Tuesday, May 13th, join other UUs from FUSN and across Massachusetts at the State House to celebrate 10 Years of Marriage for All, and to promote this year’s issues: raising the minimum wage, and reforming criminal justice and immigration laws. Find out more at http://www.uumassaction.org/ Contact: Lynn Holbein.

Walk or sponsor a walker on May 10, 2014. The NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) Walk supports the mentally ill and their families. http://www.namimass.org/ Contact: Nancy Stanton.

20/20 Action: 20 Minute Action each Month

Make a difference for peace and the environment, You will receive a postcard or email each month explaining what you can do in 20 minutes or less, usually a call or quick note to a legislator. http://www.2020action.org/ Contact: Peter Smith.

Occasional substitutes needed to join other FUSNites to carpool and lead this ongoing prison art class. We leave Newton at 5, and the class is Thursday nights from 6-8. No art experience necessary, just sit and chat with “the guys.” Contact: Lynn Holbein.

Alternatives to Violence: Prisoner Weekend Program

Award-winning curriculum for a weekend of exploring and sharing with people behind bars. Learn more at http://www.avpusa.org/ Contact: Jim Emerson.

Walk (or sponsor)

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute: Mother’s Day Walk

On Mother’s Day, join the FUSN team on the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace. This walk supports the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, which helps families who have lost children and teens to gun violence. http://ldbpeaceinstitute.org/ Contact: Josie Greene.

Our Next Service

First Unitarian Society in Newton

Meet Our Minister

Rev. Erin Splaine has been FUSN's minister since 2010. Since the early 1990s, she has served in more than 30 roles working with UU societies and groups. Committed to social justice and spiritual growth, Rev. Splaine offers continual inspiration and support to the entire FUSN community and beyond.

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